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JOURNAL OF THE EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM DECEMBER 2, 1867, TO MARCH 3, 1869, INCLUSIVE.

VOL. XVI.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1887.

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In Executive Session, Senate of the United States , June 28, 1886.

Resolved , That the entire Executive Journal of the Senate, from the 23d February, 1829, the date to which the said proceedings have already been printed and published by order of the Senate, be printed, to the end of the last session of the Fortieth Congress, under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, with a copious and comprehensive index to each volume, and that one hundred copies thereof be printed.

Resolved , That until the further order of the Senate the said print shall not be made public.

Attest: ANSON G. McCOOK, Secretary .

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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[Fortieth Congress, second session, commencing December 2, 1867.]

WEDNESDAY, December 4, 1867. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John E. Mulford to be collector of internal revenue for the 3d district of Virginia, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of William James, suspended for misconduct in office.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edward T. Wood to be collector of internal revenue for the 3d district of New York, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of T. C. Callicott, suspended for misconduct in office.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate John G. Bond, first lieutenant in Revenue Cutter Service, to be captain in said service.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , December 3d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate Frank Burr, first lieutenant in Revenue Cutter Service, to be captain in said service.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , December 3d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate for officers of the Revenue Cutter Service, the following persons, namely: For chief engineer.

Levi Coit, promoted from first assistant engineer, vice George W. Jones, deceased.

0004 2 For first lieutenants.

George W. Bailey, promoted from second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant, vice Henry H. Andrews, resigned.

Charles A. Abbey, promoted from second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant, vice Edward S. Dickinson, deceased.

The following third lieutenants to be promoted to second lieutunants viz:

Joseph K. Kelson, vice George Riley, deceased.

Frederick M. Munger, vice Jas. C. Hanson, resigned.

M. Grant Woodward, vice G. W. Bailey, promoted.

Henry L. Bennet, vice C. A. Abbey, promoted.

To be third lieutenants, viz: (New appointments.)

Walter Walton, vice I. K. Kelson, promoted.

Win. C. Coulson, vice T. M. Munger, promoted.

Richard Canfield, vice M. G. Woodward, promoted.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , December 3d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Lemuel D. Evans to be collector of internal revenue for the 4th district of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of D. B. Bonfoey, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 2, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Jacob Carmany to be assessor of internal revenue for the 10th district of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the second session of the 39th Congress.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 4, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate David M. Mills to be assessor of internal revenue for the district of Dakota Territory, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of E. C. Collins, resigned.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate J. Warren Bell to be collector of customs for the district of Brazes de Santiago, in the State of Texas, in place of R. L. Robertson, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James W. Hancock to be collector of customs for the district of Saluria, in the State of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Charles Taylor, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 2d , 1867.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John J. Godfrey to be collector of customs for the district of St. Mary's, in the State of Georgia, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of John J. Rudolph, resigned.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Oscar Minor to be collector of customs for the district of Texas, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Lorenzo Kent, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William I. Clark to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Say brook, in the State of Connecticut, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of Giles Blague, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edmund Cooper to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in place of William E. Chandler, resigned.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John S. Walton to be treasurer of the branch mint at New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, he having been designated during the recess of the Senate to perform the duties of that office, in place of Wm. R. Whitaker, suspended. (The papers relating to the suspension of Mr. Whitaker were transmitted to the Senate with the nomination of Mr. Walton as assistant treasurer at New Orleans, July 13, 1867.)

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Noah L. Jeffries to be Register of the Treasury, he having been appointed during the recess of the Senate, in place of S. B. Colby, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 2d , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate First Lieutenant William J. Squires to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 29th of August, 1867, vice Captain William H. Hale, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Israel H. Washburn to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 29th of August, 1867, vice First Lieutenant William J. Squires, nominated for promotion.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington City , 2 December , 1867.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Passed Assistant Surgeon Adolph A. Hoehling to be surgeon in the Navy, from the 2d of October, 1867, vice Surgeon Henry F. McSherry, deceased;

William S. Bowen, of Rhode Island, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d of July, 1867, to fill a vacancy;

Adam Frank, of Pennsylvania, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 26th September, 1867, to fill a vacancy; and

Alfred Griffith, of Maryland, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 16th October, 1867, to fill a vacancy.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington City , 2 d December , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Assistant Paymaster Joseph Tuster to be a passed assistant paymaster in the Navy, from the 10th May, 1867, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster F. C. Imlay, whose appointment has been revoked; and

Assistant Paymaster Edward N. Whitehouse to be a passed assistant paymaster in the Navy, from the 6th of September, 1867, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster J. W. Fairfield, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington City , 2 d December , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Captain Theodore P. Green to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list, from the 24 July, 1867, vice Commodore T. A. Hunt, transferred to the retired list;

Commodore Egbert Thompson to be a captain in the Navy on the active list, from the 24 July, 1867, vice Captain T. P. Greene, nominated for promotion;

Lieutenant-Commander Francis H. Baker to be a commander in the Navy on the active list, from the 24th July, 1867, vice Commander E. Thompson, nominated for promotion; and

Lieutenant-Commander Austin Pendergrast to be a commander in the Navy on the active list, from the 31st of August, 1867, vice Commander George W. Young, deceased.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., 2 d December , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edwin J. Klopfer, John C. Cox, and John H. Goddard to be justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , Dec'r 4, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit for consideration, with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and His Majesty, the King of Denmark, stipulating for the cession of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in the West Indies.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit for consideration, with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at the city of Managua on the 21st day of June last. This instrument has been framed pursuant to the amendments of the Senate of the United States to the previous treaty between the parties of the 16th of March, 1859.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , 3 d December , 1867.

The messages were read.

Ordered , That the nominations of John E. Mulford, Edward T. Wood, Lemuel D. Evans, Jacob Carmany, David M. Mills, Edward Cooper, John S. Walton, and Noah L. Jeffries be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered , That the nominations of John G. Bond, Frank Burr, Levi Colt and others, J. Warren Bell, James W. Hancock, John J. Godfrey, Oscar Minor, and William J. Clark be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered , That the nominations of William J. Squires, Israel H. Washburn, Adolph A. Hoehling and others, Joseph Foster, Edward N. Whitehouse, and Theodore P. Green and others, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered , That the nominations of Edwin J. Klopfer, John C. Cox, and John H. Goddard be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

The treaty between the United States and His Majesty the King of Denmark, stipulating for the cession of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in the West Indies, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

Ordered , That the said treaty be referred to the Committe on Foreign Relations and, together with the message, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

The treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and the Republic of Nicaragua, signed at Managua on the 21st June, 1868, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

Ordered , That the said treaty be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and, together with the message, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

FRIDAY, December 6, 1867. Link to Annals.

Mr. Cattell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 4th of March, inst., the nomination of Jacob Carmany, reported favorably thereon.

Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of John S. Walton, reported favorably thereon,

Whereupon

Resolved , That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 4th instant, the nomination of J. Warren Bell, reported adversely thereon.

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MONDAY, December 9, 1867. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Johnson, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Francis W. Boyle to be assessor of internal revenue for the 12th district of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy existing since the close of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 5th , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Daniel Dennett to be collector of customs for the district of Teche, in the State of Louisiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the war.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec. 4th , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William L. Stanford to be local appraiser of merchandise for the port of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to fill a vacancy existing since the end of the second session 39th Congress.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., Dec'r 4th , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Michael C. Duffiey, of California, to be register of the land office at Marysville, California, vice Leonard B. Ayer, rejected.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C ., December 7th , 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James Lynch, Michael P. Callan, and E. L. Corbin to be justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington, District of Columbia. ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , December 6, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate for appointment into the Navy of the United States the following-named officers from the Volunteer service, they having been examined with others by a board of officers, convened under authority of an act of Congress, approved July 25, 1866, and by said board found to be “the most meritorious in character, ability, professional competency, and honorable service,” the officers so appointed to take rank from the 25th of July, 1866, the date of the passage of the act, and to rank next after officers of the Regular Navy of same date, and in the order herein named:

To be lieutenants. Present or late rank.

N. Mayo Dyer Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

F. M. Green Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Edward Hooker Acting Volunteer lieutenant-commander.

H. H. Gorring Do.

A. W. Muldaur Acting master.

Joseph S. Cony Late acting master

Charles O'Neil Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

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To be masters. Present or late rank.

Edward S. Keyser Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Thomas Nelson Acting master.

De Witt C. Kells Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Felix McCurley Do.

John McGowan Acting master.

G. C. Schulze Do.

E. H. Miller Acting ensign.

Henry C. Nields Acting master.

Thomas F. Wade Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

J. G. Green Acting master.

George E. Wingate Acting ensign.

George R. Durand Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Charles A. Schetky Acting master.

John K. Winn Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Thomas M. Gardner Acting master.

Charles H. Rockwell Do.

C. M. Anthony Do.

*

* Nominated in pursuance of the last clause of the 3d section of the act, his position in his grade to be determined upon examination after his return to the United States.

George F. Wilkins Do.

To be ensigns. Present or late rank.

H. M. Grinnell Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

N. B. Willetts Late acting master.

Gilbert Morton Do.

Wm. P. Randall Do.

J. J. Brice Do.

Fred. Aug. Miller Do.

W. H. Mayer Do.

O. W. Farenholt Acting ensign.

A. J. Iverson Do.

Wm. F. Buck Acting master.

Joseph Marthen Do.

E. F. Strong Acting ensign.

W. J. Dumont Do.

W. H. Brice Acting master.

W. H. Webb Acting ensign.

C. S. Coy Late acting Volunteer lieutenant.

Ezra Leonard Acting Volunteer lieutenant.

C. G. McRitchie Acting master.

Zeta L. Tanner Do.

Joseph E. Jones Do.

Wm. Welch Mate.

Samuel Belden Acting master.

J. H. Simpson Do.

Henry R. Baker Do.

EuGene W. Watson Acting ensign.

John F. Merry Acting master.

W. W. Rhoades Do.

John C. Morong Do.

Wm. C. Gibson Acting ensign.

Wm. B. Arrants Do.

Walter Sargent Acting master.

James A. Chesley Acting ensign.

Wm. A. Morgan Acting master.

Wm. L. Howorth Do.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Executive Mansion , December 7, 1867.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3d , 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for regular promotion in the Army of the United States: Medical Department.

Assistant Surgeon Abel F. Mechem to be surgeon, June 16, 1867, vice Abbott, deceased.

Assistant Surgeon Dallas Bache to be surgeon, August 5, 1867, vice Taylor, deceased.

Assistant Surgeon Blencowe E. Fryer to be surgeon, October 30, 1867, vice Getty, deceased.

Corps of Engineers.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Turtle to be first lieutenant, August 13, 1868, vice Hezlep, deceased.

First Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant James Pike to be first lieutenant, September 27, 1867, vice Madigan, deceased. (Since deceased.)

Second Lieutenant Washington J. Henderson to be first lieutenant, October 14, 1867, vice Pike, deceased.

Second Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant James Cahill to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Gordon, promoted to the Fourth Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant Ely S. Parker to be first lieutenant June 1, 1867, vice Allen, the regimental commissary.

Second Lieutenant Frank C. Granger to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Cahill, promoted.

Third Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant James A. Clifford to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Carroll, appointed captain in the Ninth Cavalry.

Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain George C. Cram, of the Sixth Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, October 12, 1867, vice Johnson, retired.

Captain George A. Gordon, of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, November 1, 1867, vice Chamblis, resigned.

First Lieutenant John Lee to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Hedges, resigned.

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First Lieutenant Joseph Rendlebrook to be captain, August 13, 1867, vice Kelly, deceased.

First Lieutenant Edwin J. Conway to be captain, August 16, 1867, vice Long, retired.

First Lieutenant Bird L. Fletcher to be captain, August 25, 1867, vice Thompson, promoted to the Seventh Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant David A. Irwin to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Lee, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Will I. Moberley to be first lieutenant, August 16, 1867, vice Conway, promoted.

Second Lieutenant James B. Cole to be first lieutenant, August 25, 1867, vice Fletcher, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William H. Hick to be first lieutenant, September 2, 1867, vice Barnhart, dismissed.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant James Hastings to be captain, August 11, 1867, vice Owens, deceased.

First Lieutenant Robert Sweatman to be captain, November 4, 1867, vice Harrison, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Charles B. Brady to be first lieutenant, August 11, 1867, vice Hastings, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Calbraith P. Rodgers to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Ruggles, promoted.

Sixth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Tullins P. Tupper to be captain, September 17, 1867, vice Spangler, deceased.

First Lieutenant Adna R. Chaffee to be captain, October 12, 1867, vice Cram, promoted to the Fourth Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant Henry B. Mellen to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Bennett, appointed captain in the Seventh Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Charles H. Campbell to be first lieutenant May 7, 1867, vice Wood, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William Harper, jr., to be first lieutenant, May 10, 1867, vice Madden, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Harry E. Scott to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Irwin, promoted.

Second Lieutenant James F. Hill to be first lieutenant, September 17, 1867, vice Tupper, promoted.

Seventh Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain John A. Thompson, of the Fourth Regiment of Cavalry, to be major, August 25, 1867, vice Albert, deceased.

First Lieutenant Lee P. Gillett to be captain, June 8, 1867, vice Robeson, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Henry J. Nowlan to be first lieutenant, December 3, 1866, vice Custer, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Henry H. Abell to be first lieutenant, February 21, 1867, vice Moylan, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Charles Brewster to be first lieutenant, February 24, 1867, vice Wier, the regimental commissary.

Second Lieutenant James M. Bell to be first lieutenant, April 2, 1867, vice Fairley, deceased.

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Second Lieutenant David W. Wallingford to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Gillette, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John M. Johnson to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Nowlan, the regimental commissary.

Eighth Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant William McCleave to be first lieutenant, March 6, 1867, vice Hooker, appointed captain in the Ninth Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant Augustus W. Starr to be first lieutenant, June 10, 1867, vice Horbart, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Mortimer M. Wheeler to be first lieutenant, August 26, 1867, vice Kauffman, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Jonathan D. Stevenson to be first lieutenant, August 26, 1867, vice Oliver, the regimental commissary.

Second Lieutenant Robert Carrick to be first lieutenant, October 9, 1867, vice Chamberlin, resigned.

Ninth Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant James G. Birney to be firs lieutenant, April 14, 1867, vice Griffin, deceased.

Second Lieutenant J. Lee Humfreville to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Blackaller, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Francis Moore to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Humfreville, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Frederick W. Smith to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Moore, the regimental commissary.

Second Lieutenant Louis H. Rucker to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice De Gress, appointed captain.

Second Lieutenant Byron Dawson to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Boice, appointed captain.

Second Lieutenant John S. Loud to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Dodge, appointed captain.

Second Lieutenant Patrick Cusack to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Heyl, appointed captain.

Tenth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant George W. Graham to be captain, May 29, 1867, vice Taylor, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Nicholas D. Badger to be first lieutenant, May 29, 1867, vice Graham promoted.

Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Spencer to be first lieutenant, June 1, 1867, vice Alvord, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant George F. Raulston to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Gray, appointed captain.

First Regiment of Artillery.

First Lieutenant William L. Haskin to be captain, October 15, 1867, vice Kilpatrick, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Edmund K. Russell, to be first lieutenant, August 28, 1867, vice Von Michalowski, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Lowell A. Chamberlin, to be first lieutenant, October 15, 1867, vice Haskin, promoted.

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First Lieutenant William D. Fuller to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Kip, resigned.

Fifth Regiment of Artillery.

First Lieutenant Thompson P. McElrath to be captain, September 24, 1867, vice Stone, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Frank Thorp to be first lieutenant, June 6, 1867, vice Barstow, deceased.

Second Lieutenant William J. Patterson to be first lieutenant, September 28, 1867, vice Gordon, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Elbridge R. Hills to be first lieutenant, October 1, 1867, vice Beck, the regimental quartermaster.

First Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant John Cusack to be captain, September 18, 1867,vice Green, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Francis E. Pierce to be first lieutenant, September 9, 1867, vice Spalding, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant Placidus Ord to be first lientenant, September 18, 1867, vice Cusack, promoted.

Second Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Thomas Byrne to be captain, August 15, 1867, vice West, cashiered.

Second Lieutenant Alstorphius Werninger, jr., to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Byrne, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William H. Boyle to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Noggle resigned.

Third Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant John P. Thompson to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1867, vice Helm, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Samuel W. Bonsall to be first lieutenant, October 1, 1867, vice Belger, the regimental adjutant.

Fourth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Anthony W. Vodges to be first lieutenant July 31, 1867, vice Lantz, dropped for desertion.

Sixth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant William W. Fleming to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Weilandt, dropped for desertion.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Frederick E. Grossman to be captain, October 12, 1867, vice Cullen, resigned.

Second Lieutenant John B. Johnson to be first lieutenant, October 12, 1867, vice Grossman, promoted.

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Second Lieutenant Joel H. Lyman to be first lieutenant, October 12, 1867, vice Miller, wholly retired.

Eighth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Charles Snyder to be captain, August 6, 1867, vice Bliss, promoted to the Thirty-ninth Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Robinson to be first lieutenant, August 6, 1867, vice Snyder, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William W. Wallace to be first lieutenant, September 25, 1867, vice Means, resigned.

Ninth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant George W. Walker to be captain, March 7, 1867, vice Yard, appointed major in the Tenth Cavalry (since deceased).

First Lieutenant Timothy Connelly to be captain, September 10, 1867, vice Walker, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Morris C. Foot to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Walker, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Gilbert C. Smith to be first lieutenant, September 10, 1867, vice Connelly, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John F. Trout to be first lieutenant, November 10, 1867, vice Penny, wholly retired.

Tenth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain David B. McKibben of the Thirty-second Regiment of Infantry, to be major, September 15, 1867, vice Hayman, promoted to the Seventh Infantry.

Second Lieutenant D. Geoghegan to be first lieutenant, July 28, 1866, vice Dunn, appointed captain in the Twenty-first Infantry.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Lewis Nolen to be first lieutenant, October 17, 1867, vice Thieman, wholly retired.

Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Joseph L. Horr to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Carey, appointed paymaster.

Second Lieutenant Eugene H. Townsend to be first lieutenant, June 10, 1867, vice Keeting, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Henry C. Pratt to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice McGinniss, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant William Auman to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Horr, promoted.

Fifteenth Regiment of infantry.

First Lieutenant James P. Brown to be captain, August 15, 1867, vice Galloway, cashiered.

First Lieutenant James H. Stewart to be captain, September 17, 1867, vice Tracy, deceased.

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First Lieutenant George Shorkley to be captain, October 13, 1867, vice Fetterman, deceased.

First Lieutenant Frederick W. Coleman to be captain, October 22, 1867, vice Cummings, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Charles J. Johnson to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1867, vice Brown promoted.

Second Lieutenant Frank C. Brunck to be first lieutenant, August 27, 1867, vice Breckenridge deceased (since deceased).

Second Lieutenant Wilber F. Du Bois to be first lieutenant, September, 17, 1867, vice Stewart, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Blair to be first lieutenant, October 13, 1867, vice Shorkley, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Henry R. Brinkerhoff to be first lieutenant, November 7, 1867, vice Brunck, deceased.

Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry.

Major Samuel B. Hayman, of the Tenth Regiment of Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, September 15, 1867, vice Doubleday, promoted to the Thirty-fifth Infantry.

Captain Ebenezer Gay, of the Forty-fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be major, September 16, 1867, vice O'Connell deceased.

First Lieutenant Samuel W. Black to be captain, July 6, 1867, vice Brayton, resigned (since deceased).

First Lieutenant Malcolm McArthur to be captain, September 18, 1867, vice Warren, deceased.

First Lieutenant Robert B. Wade to be captain, September 29, 1867, vice Black, deceased.

First Lieutenant George H. Cram to be captain, October 8, 1867, vice Swartwout, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Troxel to be first lieutenant, July 6, 1867, vice Black, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Charles Garretson to be first lieutenant, September 1, 1867, vice Sutherland, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Alexander H. M. Taylor to be first lieutenant, September 1, 1867, vice Garretson, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Horatio Potter, jr, to be first lieutenant, September 13, 1867, vice Lambert, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Cyrus S. Roberts to be first lieutenant, September 18, 1867, vice McArthur, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Henry Norton to be first lieutenant, September 29, 1867, vice Wade, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Charles H. Green to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Stephenson, resigned.

Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Alvan S. Galbreath to be first lieutenant, January 22, 1867, vice Wilcox, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Royal S. Carr to be first lieutenant, February 25,1867, vice Breut, the regimental quartermaster (since resigned).

Second Lieutenant James Regan to be first lieutenant, August 12, 1867, vice Carr, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William H. Campion to be first lieutenant, October 24, 1867, vice Skinner, resigned.

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First Lieutenant Theodore A. Baldwin to be captain, July 23, 1867, vice Smith, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William Atwood to be first lieutenant, July 23, 1867, vice Hammer, the regimental quartermaster.

Twentieth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant John McIntosh to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Pomeroy, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Septimus E. Carncross to be first lieutenant, October 3, 1867, vice Stickney, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Charles B. Carter to be first lieutenant, October 3, 1867, vice Carncross, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Charles Robinett to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice McIntosh, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Louis M. Morris to be first lieutenant, October 22, 1867, vice Hicks, deceased.

Second Lieutenant George E. Viall to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Maxwell, resigned.

Twenty-first Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Thomas F. Riley to be first lieutenant, October 29, 1867, vice Lee, resigned.

Twenty-second Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant William Nelson to be captain, July 9, 1867, vice Thorp, resigned.

First Lieutenant Henry L. Beck to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Ewing, resigned.

First Lieutenant Enno F. Wenckebach to be captain, September 15, 1867, vice Marshall, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Frederick H. Dibble to be first lieutenant? January 1, 1867, vice McCaskey, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Hiram H. Ketchum to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Beck, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William A. Olmsted to be first lieutenant, September 15, 1867, vice Wenckebach, promoted.

Twenty-third Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Charles Bird to be first lieutenant, May 23, 1865, vice Nickerson, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant John W. Lewis to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1867, vice Eskridge, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant John G. Teeford to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Little, promoted.

Thirty-second Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Homer J. Ripley to be captain, September 15, 1867, vice McKibbin, promoted to the Tenth Infantry.

Second Lieutenant William Mck. Owen to be first lieutenant, September 21, 1866, vice Ripley, the regimental adjutant.

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Second Lieutenant Thomas M. McDougal to be first lieutenant, November 5, 1866, vice Fergus, promoted.

Second Lieutenant George Macomber to be first lieutenant, January 14, 1867, vice Burgoyne, resigned.

Second Lieutenant, Almeron S. Matthews to be first lieutenant, September 15, 1867, vice Ripley, promoted.

Thirty-third Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Samuel R. Honey to be captain November 1, 1866, vice Young, wholly retired.

First Lieutenant Robert Harrison to be captain, March 7, 1867, vice Meredith, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Joseph G. Waters to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1866, vice Honey, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Gordon Winslow to be first lieutenant, January 17, 1867, vice Corliss, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant James W. Powell to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Harrison, promoted.

Thirty-fourth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Walter Clifford to be captain, July 31, 1867, vice Dykeman, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Charles E. Drew to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Clifford, promoted.

Twenty-fourth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Mason Jackson to be captain, September 14, 1867, vice Gray, deceased.

First Lieutenant John Williams to be captain, October 5, 1867, vice Hyatt, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Peter Engels to be first lieutenant, September 14, 1867, vice Jackson, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John R. Hynes to be first lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Williams, promoted.

Twenty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant John T. Mackey to be captain, September 21, 1867, vice Durnin, cashiered.

Second Lieutenant Joseph M. Kennedy to be first lieutenant, August 9, 1867, vice Comstock, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Lyster M. O'Brien to be first lieutenant, September 21, 1867, vice Mackey, promoted.

Twenty-sixth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Joseph A. Sladen to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1867, vice Plumber, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant James P. Richardson to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice McLaughlin, appointed captain.

Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant George M. Templeton to be captain, October 19, 1867, vice Harding, wholly retired.

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Second Lieutenant Alpheus H. Bowman to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice D'Isay, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Edmund L. McCaullay to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice Thompson, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John C. Jenness to be first lieutenant, March 5, 1867, vice Bowman the regimental adjutant (since deceased).

Second Lieutenant Thomas Connolly to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice Warrens, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant George H. Palmer to be first lieutenant, August 2, 1867, vice Jenness deceased.

Second Lieutenant Alexander Wishart to be first lieutenant, October 19, 1867, vice Templeton, promoted.

Twenty-eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Luther M. De Motte to be first lieutenant, March 7, 1867, vice Miner, appointed captain in the Twenty-second Infantry (since resigned).

Second Lieutenant Ira McL. Barton to be first lieutenant, August 20, 1867, vice Porter, resigned.

Second Lieutenant James W. Shaw to be first lieutenant, October 31, 1867, vice De Motte, resigned.

Twenty-ninth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Lemuel Pettee to be captain, November 2, 1867, vice Edgerton, wholly retired.

Second Lieutenant Thomas E. Merritt to be first lieutenant, November 2, 1867, vice Pettee, promoted.

Thirty-first Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Thomas Little to be captain, November 1, 1867, vice Yates, retired.

Second Lieutenant Philip H. Ellis to be first lieutenant, December 28, 1866, vice Marshall, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Martin E. Hogan to be first lieutenant, December 28, 1866, vice O'Toole, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant John G. Teeford to be first lieutenant, November 1, 1867, vice Little, promoted.

Thirty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel Abner Doubleday, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, to be colonel, September 15, 1867, vice Griffin, deceased.

First Lieutenant Frederick W. Bailey to be captain, October 7, 1867, vice Lathrop, deceased.

Second Lieutenant James D. Vernay to be first lieutenant, July 12, 1867, vice Bonnaffon, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Charles C. Cresson to be first lieutenant, October 7, 1867, vice Bailey, promoted.

Thirty-sixth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant William Harmon to be first lieutenant, November 14, 1867, vice Hendee, wholly retired.

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Second Lieutenant George W. Baird to be first lieutenant, April 27, 1867, vice Pope, the regimental quartermaster.

Thirty-eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Alexander McL. Crawford to be first lieutenant, March 29, 1867, vice Spurgin, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant James N. Morgan to be first lieutenant, June 12, 1867, vice Crandal, appointed captain in the Forty-first Infantry.

Thirty-ninth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Zenas R. Bliss, of the Eighth Regiment of Infantry, to be major, August 6, 1867, vice Von Schrader, deceased.

First Lieutenant Emil Adams to be captain, May 31, 1867, vice McKim, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William Hocleke to be first lieutenant, January 5, 1867, vice Keeler, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Jesse M. Lee to be first lieutenant, January 7, 1867, vice O'Reilly, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Michael L. Courtney to be first lieutenant, May 31, 1867, vice Adam, promoted.

Second Lieutenant H. Baxter Quim by to be first lieutenant, July 31, 1867, vice Warren, appointed captain.

Second Lieutenant Charles L. Cooper to be first, lieutenant, October 5, 1867, vice Bucklin, dismissed.

Forty-first Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Samuel E. Armstrong to be first lieutenant, May 2, 1867, vice Funk, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Henry W. Lawton to be first lieutenant, July 1, 1867, vice Schenck, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Edward Donovan to be first lieutenant, September 20, 1867, vice Ingraham, deceased.

Forty-second Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Alanson E. Niles to be first lieutenant, January 4, 1867, vice Joyes, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Jacob W. Keller to be first lieutenant, March 20, 1867, vice Lynch, appointed captain.

Forty-fourth Regiment, of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant William Shields to be first lieutenant, January 15, 1867, vice Sylvester, the regimental adjutant.

Second Lieutenant Frank R. Rice to be first lieutenant, June 5, 1867, vice Shea, appointed captain.

Second Lieutenant Henry Marcotte to be first lieutenant, June 5, 1867, vice Rice, the regimental quartermaster.

Forty-fifth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Julius E. Quenton to be first lieutenant, March 1, 1867, vice Cleghorn, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant Edward C. Knower to be first lieutenant, March 25, 1867, vice Warden, the regimental adjutant.

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First Lieutenant John M. Stephenson, of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, August 19, 1867.

Firt Lieutenant Ormsby M. Mitchell, of the Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry, to the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, August 19, 1867.

Second Lieutenant Charles Shaler, of the Fifth Regiment of Artillery, to the Ordnance Department, July 5, 1867.

Second Lieutenant James W. Dixon, of the Third Regiment of Cavalry? to the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, September 7, 1867.

Second Lieutenant Howard B. Cushing, of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to the Third Regiment of Cavalry, September 7, 1867.

Second Lieutenant Albert J. Garrett, of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infantry, to the First Regiment of Cavalry, November 20, 1867.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT. Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3rd , 1867.

War Department , Washington December 3rd , 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:

Theodore A. Boise, late lieutenant colonel of the Fifth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Joseph K. Byers, late first lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Hugh D. Bowker, late first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the One hundred and twenty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, April 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Josiah A. Sheets, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Illinois Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirtieth United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Captain Andrew Mahoney, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Major F. W. Taggard, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, May 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Edwin C. Gaskill, late captain of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment, United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles H. Ingraham, late captain of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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Philip L. Lee, late first lieutenant Sixteenth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

William B. Nesbitt, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, May 16, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John F. Skelton, late commissary of subsistence of Volunters, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Archibald Bogle, late major of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William S. Johnson, late first lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 27, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Charles Parker, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Erskine M. Camp, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 10, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

H. J. Farnsworth, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, June 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George E. Ford, late captain and aide-de-camp United States Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Andrew Geddes, late lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Iowa Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles Banzhaf, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles M. Bucklin, late second lieutenant of the Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Cyrus N. Gray, late captain of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William E. Horton, late first lieutenant of the 11th Connecticut Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Thomas C. Lebo, late captain of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William Quinton, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Robert G. Smithers, late captain of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William E. Hoffman, late captain of the Ninety-eighth Illinois Mounted Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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John B. Nixon, late captain of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

A. E. Woodson, late lieutenant of the First Washington Territory Volunteer Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, August 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John H. Mahnken, late captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant James H. Baldwin, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Myron J. Amick, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Francis S. Davidson, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Edmund G. Fechit, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Almond B. Wells, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant John Drum, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant William W. Cook, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Frederick A. Kendall, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy

Second Lieutenant Walter S. Long, of the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Robert Neely, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant John Lafferty, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant John T. Morrison, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Daniel M. Page, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and eleventh Regiment United Status Colored Troops, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George B. Bosworth, late major of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant James T. Leavy, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry.

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Second Lieutenant Henry Jackson, of the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant David H. Cortelyou, of the 9th Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Joseph W. Dickinson, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Florence L. McCarthy, of the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Thomas W. Gibson, of the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be first lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant J. Milton Thompson, of the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant George E. Albee, of the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be first lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry November 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

To the President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON

Washington , December 3rd , 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3d , 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:

Charles Parker, late captain Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1868, to fill an original vacancy.

John A. Bodamer, late adjutant of the Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John J. Clague, late captain of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regimen United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John T. Morrison, late lieutenant Second Minnesota Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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John Scott, late captain Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Henry W. Lawton, late lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles A. Van Deursen, late lieutenant Fiftieth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Benjamin F. Grafton, late captain Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Edward R. Theller, late captain Second California Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James N. Morgan, late lieutenant-colonel One hundred and forty-fourth Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Jacob A. Souders, late major of the Eighth Ohio Veteran Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, May 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Almond B. Wells, late captain of the Nebraska Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Robert Neely, late major First Maryland Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Stephen R. Stafford, late captain Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William J. Campbell, late first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Samuel E. Armstrong, late captain of the First Maryland Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

Joseph W. Wham, late first lieutenant Twenty-first Illinois Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Levi F. Burnett, late second lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, May 25, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Jonathan B. Hanson, late captain of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John B. Eaton, late captain Twenty-seventh New York Battery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, May 27, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Byron Dawson, late captain of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

George W. Kingsbury, late second lieutenant of the Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment United States Infantry, May 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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D. Henry McComas, late captain Eighth Michigan Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John H. Filler, late major of the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George P. McDougall, late lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Forty-second Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Henry W. Hubbell, jr., of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John Little, late second lieutenant of the Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Thomas W. Gibson, late second lieutenant of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 25, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Bradford S. Bassett, late captain of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Benjamin F. Bell, late second lieutenant of the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William B. Clark, late lieutenant colonel of the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Aaron B. Jerome, late second lieutenant of the Signal Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James A. Rothermel, late second lieutenant of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Louis J. Sacriste, late captain of the One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant James Calhoun, of Company D, Twenty-third Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Samuel R. Colladay, late captain of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John Simpson, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Algernon E. Smith, late captain of the One hundred and seventeeth New York Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William Davis, late captain of the First Missouri Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William Stanton, late corporal of the Forty-third Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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Edward C. Henshaw, of Illinois, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Sydney W. Taylor, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, September 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William P. Lord, late major of the First Delaware Vols., to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, September 4, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William P. Van Ness, of Michigan, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 20, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles W. Hobbs, late major of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, September 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles G. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, October 24, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Peter Leary, jr., late second lieutenant Baltimore Battery Light Artillery Maryland Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, July 2, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Frank H. Barnhart, late captain of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William H. Beck, late quartermaster-sergeant of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Benjamin D. Boswell, late major of the Second West Virginia Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Thomas B. Brigss, late lieutenant of the Eleventh United States Colored Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

William B. Brunton, late captain of the Second Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Monroe Harrison, late captain of the Seventh Missouri Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Nineteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Augustus F. Higgs, late firt lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George S. Hoyt, late major of the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James E. Morrow, late captain of the First West Virginia Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles E. Nordstrom, late private of the First Maine Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James M. Ropes, late captain of the Second California Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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Osk M. Smith, late first lieu tenant and adjutant of the One hundred and fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Ira Wayland Trask, late first lieutenant of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Frederick R. Vincent, late captain of the Second Missouri Cavalry, to be be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Samuel L. Woodward, late major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Henry F. Liggett, late captain of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James E. Maclin, late captain of the Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, August 9, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Edward G. Fast, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Joseph M. Califf, late first lieutenant of the Seventh Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John S. McEwan, late captain of the Seventh New York Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, August 17, 1867.

Augustine McIntyre, late captain of the One hundred and fourteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, August 19, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Andrew Jackson Kelly, late private of the First Tennessee Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, June 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Thomas V. Deary, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Robert H. Patterson, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, September 23, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Clermont L. Best, jr., of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Artillery, October 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Frank M. Gibson, clerk in the Paymaster-General's Office, to be second lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, October 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Rufus Somerly, of Company I, First Regiment United States Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866, they having passed the examination required by law:

Dudley Seward, late lieutenant-colonel of the Second Ohio Cavalry, to be captain in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866, to fill an original vacancy.

John B. Callis, late lieutenant-colonel of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Frank T. Bennett, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Isaac S. Catlin, late colonel of the One hundred and ninth New York Volunteers, to be captain in the Forty fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George B. Carse, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 21, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Thomas Shea, of the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, June 5, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant William T. Frohock, of the 15th Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George Q. White, late assistant quartermaster of Vols., to be captain in the Forty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, July 2, 1867, to fill an orignal vacancy.

Charles Wheaton, late captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be captain in the Thirty-third Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Charles D. Beyer, late second lieutenant of the Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Infantry, to be captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

John M. Hamilton, late first lieutenant of the Ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

James F. Randlett, late lieutenant-colonel of the Third New Hampshire Volunteers, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant George W. Yates, of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Seventh Regiment United States Cavalry, June 12, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant William H. McLaughlin, of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry, to be Captain in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Henry E. Alvord, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

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First Lieutenant Francis S. Dodge, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Theodore A. Boice, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Jacob C. De Gress, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Charles W. Miner, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Edward M. Heyle, of the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

George B. Hoge, late colonel of the One hundred and thirteenth Illinois Volunteers, to be captain in the Forty-first Regiment United States Infantry, July 17, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Clarence E. Bennett, of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Robert Gray, of the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, to be captain in the Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 31, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Lucius H. Warren, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, to be captain in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, July 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be assistant surgeons.

Charles Mackin, jr., of Massachusetts, May 14, 1867, vice Allen, resigned.

Archibald B. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Conner, resigned.

John N. Randall, of Illinois, October 9, 1867, vice Lindsley, deceased.

William J. Wilson, of Missouri, October 9, 1867, vice McDonald, deceased.

Jenkins A. Fitzgerald, of Indiana, October 9, 1867, vice Town, promoted.

Joseph H. T. King, of New York, October 9, 1867, vice Mackenzie, deceased.

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Joseph K. Corson, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Petherbridge, deceased.

Alfred Delany, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Hornor, deceased.

William H. H. Michler, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Breneman, resigned.

Daniel Weisel, of Maryland, October 9, 1867, vice Lee, resigned.

Peter J. A. Cleary, of New York, October 9, 1867, vice Mechem, promoted.

Julius H. Patzki, of Pennsylvania, November 11, 1867, vice Bell, resigned.

Charles Styer, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867, vice Wilson, resigned.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment as commissioners under the act approved March 29, 1867, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the names of William R. King, of Kentucky, and George A. Maguire, of Missouri, for appointment as commissioners, under the act approved March 29, 1867, to reimburse the State of Indiana for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning militia to aid in suppressing the rebellion.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866: Inspector-General's Department.

Major Nelson H. Davis, assistant inspector-general United States Army, to be assistant inspector-general with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, June 13, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: To be chaplains.

George P. Van Wyck, of New York, August 7, 1867, vice Harris, retired.

Vincent Palen, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, September 11, 1867, vice Burke, retired.

Edmund B. Tuttle, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, September 20, 1867, vice Grier, retired.

George D. Crocker, late chaplain of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, October 3, 1867, vice Hurlbut, retired.

Thaddeus B. M. Falls, late hospital chaplain United States Volunteers, October 4, 1867, vice Springer, resigned.

Gamaliel Collins, of Pennsylvania, October 10, 1867, vice McCarty, retired.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866: Medical Department.

Florence O. Donnoghue, late acting assistant surgeon United States Army, to be medical storekeeper, August 3, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of The United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Army of the United States, under the act approved July 28, 1866: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be assistant surgeon.

Richard S. Vickery, of Michigan, May 14, 1867, to fill an original vacancy.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

To the President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for reinstatement in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for reinstatement in the Army of the United States: Fourth Regiment of Artillery.

Frederick M. Follett, late captain in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to be captain, to date from September 3, 1861, the order cashiering him having been revoked.

Fifteenth Regiment of Artillery.

George W. Fetterman, late captain, in the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be captain, to date from February 25, 1865, the order cashiering him having been revoked (since deceased).

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Robert F. Stockton, late first lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment or Cavalry, to be first lieutenant, to date from October 26, 1861, the acceptance of his resignation having been revoked.

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Edmund Pendleton, late first lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Artillery, to be first lieutenant, to date from October 26, 1861, the order dismissing him having been revoked.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

To the President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for reinstatement and appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer for reinstatement in the Army of the United States and for appointment in the new regiment to which, had he remained in service, he would have been assigned, under the act of July 28, 1866, the order dismissing him having been revoked: Thirty fourth Regiment of Infantry.

James Kelly, late captain in the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry, to be captain, to date from October 26, 1861.

I am, Sir, with great respect your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officer, formerly of the 2nd Battalion of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, for appointment in the new regiment to which he has been assigned; under the act approved July 28, 1866: THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be major.

Major Nathan A. M. Dudley, of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, to date from September 13, 1864.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

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To the Senate of the United States:

I desire the consent of the Senate to the correction of certain clerical errors, which occurred in nominating for their confirmation at a previous session, the officers named in the accompanying communication, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3, 1867.

War Department . Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I respectfully invite your attention to and propose the correction of certain clerical errors which occurred in nominating persons to the Senate, at a previous session, for appointment in the Army and for brevet appointment in the Regular and Volunteer forces. These errors appear in the names of officers and in some few instances in stating the services of these officers for whom brevet had been proposed: Appointments in the Army.

The date of rank of Alexander McD. McCook, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, should read “March 5,” instead of “February 5,” 1867.

The date of rank of Godfrey Weitzel, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, to be major in the Corps of Engineers, should read “August 8,” instead of “August 6, 1866.”

The name of John H. Graves, confirmed on the 1st March, 1867, to be captain in the Thirty-fourth Infantry, should read “Charles H. Graves.”

The name of James M. Kennedy, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Infantry, should read “Joseph M. Kennedy.”

The name of Stephen Conner, confirmed on the 1st March, 1867, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry, should read “Stephen O'Connor.”

The date of rank of George K. Brady, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be captain in the Twenty-third Infantry, should read “10 June, 1864,” instead of “10 June, 1863.”

In the case of Second Lieutenant Frank T. Adams, confirmed on the 11th March, 1867, for the promotion of first lieutenant in the Thirty-third Infantry, “17 January, 1867, vice Corliss, the regimental quartermaster,” read “vice Knapp, the regimental adjutant,” with the same date of rank.

Brevet appointments in the Army.

The date of rank of Charles P. Kingsbury, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be colonel and lieutenant-colonel by brevet should read, in each case, “March 13, 1865,” instead of “September 25, 1865.”

The date of rank of William H. Sidell, confirmed on the 23d July, 1866, to be colonel by brevet, should read “March 13, 1865,” instead of “March 30, 1865.”

The date of rank of Charles E. Blunt, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet, should read “June 30, 1866,” instead of “March 13, 1865.”

The date of rank of Oliver L. Shepherd, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet, should read “May 17, 1862,” instead of 0035 33 “October 4, 1862,” and the services should read “for gallant and meritorious services at the siege of Corinth, Mississippi,” instead of “at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi.”

The date of rank of Evarts S. Ewing, confirmed on the 8th April, 1867, to be captain and major by brevet, should read “March 2, 1867,” instead of “March 13, 1865.”

The date of rank of John R. McGinniss, confirmed on the 27th July, 1866, to be captain by brevet, should read “March 1, 1864,” instead of “September 7, 1863.”

The date of rank of James B. Hazelton, confirmed on the 2nd March, 1867, to be first lieutenant and captain by brevet, should read “March 2, 1867,” instead of “March 13, 1867.”

Brevet appointments in the Volunteer force.

In the case of G. W. Cummings, confirmed on the 30th March, 1867, to be brigadier-general by brevet, the services should read “for gallant and meritorious services during the operations before, and the capture of the enemy's forces at Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River,” instead of “for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Island No. 10 in the Tennessee River.”

The date of rank of A. B. Spurling, confirmed on the 10th April, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read “March 26, 1865,” instead of “March 13, 1865.”

The date of rank of Thomas J. C. Amory, confirmed on the 12th March, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read “October 1, 1864,” instead of “March 13, 1865.”

The date of rank of Henry R. West, confirmed on the 12th March, 1866, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read “April 2, 1865,” instead of “July 13, 1865.”

In the case of Isaac S. Tichenor, confirmed on the 18th March, 1867, to be colonel by brevet and lieutenant-colonel by brevet, read “to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chantilly, Virginia, September 1, 1862,” and colonel by brevet “for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862,” instead of “to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet and colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services during the war.”

William S. Truex, confirmed on the 5th February, 1866, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, should have been nominated and confirmed as “colonel of the Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be brigadier-general of Volunteers by brevet.”

In the case of John N. Hiltz, confirmed on the 13th April, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet and major by brevet, after the word “services” insert in each case the words “during the War and especially”; so as to read “for gallant and meritorious services during the War, and especially at the battle of Winchester, Virginia.”

In the case of Alonzo Churchill, confirmed on the 16th April, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, instead of “for gallant and meritorious services” read “for faithful and meritorious services.”

The name of C. W. Blakeley, confirmed on the 21st February, 1867, to be major by brevet, should read “C. W. Wakeley.”

The name of F. A. Picknell, confirmed on the 26th April, 1866, to be major by brevet, should read “F. A. Bicknell.”

In the case of Henry M. Connelly, confirmed on the 2d March, 1867, to be captain by brevet, read “for gallant and meritorious services in 0036 34 the attack on the enemy's second line in rear of Fort Harrison, Virginia, on the 29th September, 1864,” instead of “for gallant and meritorious services in the attack on the enemy's second line in rear of Fort Harrison, Virginia, on the 28th September, 1864.”

The name of John M. Dickey, confirmed on the 19th July, 1867, to be brigadier-general by brevet, should read “John M. Lindley.”

The date of rank of John B. Eaton, confirmed on the 19th of July, 1867, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, should read “April 2d,” instead of “March 13, 1865,” and the date of the action before Petersburg, “June 17, 1864,” should be omitted from the statement of the services.

I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Secretary of War ad interim .

The President of the United States .

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War ad interim .

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington , December 3 d , 1867.

War Department , Washington, December 3, 1867.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, they having passed the examination required by law:

Charles A. Booth, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Dry, promoted.

Will W. Dougherty, of Indiana, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Counselman, promoted.

Charles M. Bailey, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Aldrich, promoted.

Edward W. Thompson, of Maine, to be second lieutenant in the 19th Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1560, vice Wilson, promoted.

William H. Campion, late second lieutenant of the Fifth New Jersey Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, vice Grummond, deceased

John L. Lambert, late captain of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Dugan, resigned.

Adalbert Fell, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Fogg, deceased.

Phineas P. Barnard, late assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Badeau, promoted.

Henry Ayers, late first lieutenant of the Signal Corps United States Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Vroom, promoted.

Charles H. Leonard, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-first Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Good-fellow, declined.

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Thomas A. Reily, late private of the One hundred and ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the fifth Regiment United States Infantry, Starch 7, 1867, vice Wood, promoted.

John Gotshall, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Gibson, promoted.

John C. Bateman, late first lieutenant Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Harkins, promoted.

George R. Walbridge, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Badger, promoted.

Earl M. Rogers, late lieutenant Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Beecher, promoted.

Wharton White, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twentieth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Latchford, promoted.

James W. Letherbury, late second lieutenant of the Second Delaware Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Ebbets, transferred to the Twenty-sixth Infantry.

Richard H. Rousseau, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, May 3, 1867, vice Cilley, promoted.

John P. Peterson, late private Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 3, 1867, vice Manning, promoted.

Ephoriam Tillotson, late second lieutenant One hundred and twenty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Halleck, promoted.

Stanley D. Humason, late first lieutenant of the One hundred and fourth Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Wheelock, resigned.

Scott H. Robinson, late captain of the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Smith, whose appointment has been canceled.

John W. Jordan, late second lieutenant Third Regiment Maryland Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Jones, resigned.

Charles R. Hinton, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Conway, promoted.

Cecil R. Banks, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, May 6, 1867, vice Rogers, promoted.

Lewis A. Arnold, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Infantry, May 7, 1867, vice Spaulding, promoted.

John K. Waring, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Infantry, May 8, 1867, vice Maize, promoted.

William Borthwick, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 9, 1867, vice Nesmith, promoted.

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Alexander M. Wetherill, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, May 9, 1867, vice Day, promoted.

Charles Humphreys, late lieutenant First New York Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Artillery, May 9, 1867, vice Bingham, declined.

Philip Reade, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Infantry, May 13, 1867, vice Thomas, promoted.

Thomas G. Tracy, late first lieutenant Thirtieth Regiment New York Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Morton, promoted.

Harrison Holt, late first lieutenant Thirtieth Regiment New York Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 15, 1867, vice Kramer, promoted.

Adolphus W. Greely, late major Eighty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Wands, promoted.

William W. Wood, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, May 15, 1867, vice Owen, promoted.

Thomas M. Wenie, late captain of the Second Delaware Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Styles, promoted.

Frederick W. Thibaut, late captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, January 22, 1867, vice Jocelyn, promoted.

Artificer Thomas Blair, of Company D, United States Engineers Battalion, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, vice Ballantine, promoted.

First Sergeant James Davidson, of Company D, United States Engineers Battalion, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, May 22, 1867, vice Guthrie, promoted.

Hospital Steward William Gerlach, United States Army, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, May 22 1867, vice Kent, declined.

Alured Larke, late captain Fifth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Peterson, promoted.

David Q. Rousseau, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Lewis, promoted.

James L. Hunt, late lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-second Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Lewis, promoted.

Sergeant Charles E. Bottsford, of Company A, Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, May 29, 1867, vice Morrison, promoted.

William Henry Hick, late major First New Jersey Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Alman, promoted.

Lewis S. Chase, of New York, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Anderson, resigned.

Frederick L. Dodge, late first lieutenant of the Eighteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-third 0039 37 Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Stille, promoted.

William Kapus, late first lieutenant Washington Territory Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, March 7, 1867, vice Codding, promoted.

Charles A. Rossander, late lieutenant Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 5, 1867, vice Wilson, deceased.

Robert Earle Bradford, late private Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, June 6, 1867, vice Schall, promoted.

Horace P. Sherman, late hospital steward Eighteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 8, 1867, vice Crafts, appointed captain in the Twenty-sixth Infantry.

Sergeant-Major Henry S. Pearer, of the Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, June 8, 1867, vice Gregg, promoted.

Sergeant-Major William Stephenson, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 8, 1867, vice Paulus, promoted.

Alfred B. Bache, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Hayes, promoted.

John W. Hopkins, late commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Forse, promoted.

Frank K. Upham, late second lieutenant of the Seventh California Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867, vice Parnell, promoted.

Leonard Wightman, late first lieutenant Fifth Battery Michigan Artillery, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, May 29, 1866, vice Lawson, promoted.

Lewis Warrington, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 18, 1867, vice Bertrand, deceased

Royal E. Whitman, late lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, July 2, 1867, vice Clifford, promoted.

Theodore W. Wing, late adjutant of the Thirty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 27, 1867, vice Bernhart, promoted.

David R. Burnham, late captain of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867: vice Woodall, declined.

Hampden S. Cottrell, late first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Courtney, promoted.

Irwin M. Starr, late captain of the Fourth Provisional New York Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Cavalry, July 24, 1867, vice Birney, promoted.

Ambrose B. Curtiss, clerk in the Quartermaster-General's Office, to be second lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment United States Cavalry, August 19, 1867, vice Wells, appointed first lieutenant.

James F. Simpson, late captain of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, August 17, 1867, vice Long, appointed first lieutenant.

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William H. Sloan, late lieutenant of the Thirty-first Regiment United States Colored Troops, to be second lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, June 5, 1867, vice Shepherd, promoted.

Isaac N. Walter, late first lieutenant of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, to be second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, April 24, 1867, vice Majtheny, promoted.

William C. Bayliss, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, May 17, 1867, vice Boehm, promoted.

George P. Belden, of Nebraska, to be second lieutenant in the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, June 10, 1867, vice Bingham, deceased.

Peter V. Haskin, late first lieutenant in the Sixth New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, June 13, 1867, vice Stockton, promoted.

Luther M. Longshaw, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant in the Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry, June 18, 1867, vice Davidson, resigned.

William L. Wann, jr., of Ohio, to be second lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment United States, July 2, 1867, vice Town send, promoted.

George S. Wilson, late first lieutenant in the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, to be second li